FURIES - Shannon Burton (graded readers .txt) 📗

I was wrong.The bubble around my cozy life was popped and I was able to really see what was around me.Things that I had only read about actually existed and unlike a book my end wasn't a fairytale.It was an end that only Shakespeare could think of.I had lived eighteen years for what? I hadn't saved anyone and the people I cared about most were dead or dying.

 

When I was young my mother used to say that every move we make effects thousands of others and it fascinated me.Just by stepping to the left I could set off a chain reaction in the world around me.I couldn't help but wonder..now that I was dead, who would be affected?

 

As I thought more and more upon this I began to wonder how I was thinking at all.I forced myself to open my eyes to see that I was falling.Everything was dark so I couldn't tell how fast I was going.In a flash light appeared on the walls I was passing and I was surrounded.Surrounded by Teras' laugh, Mikaels' smile, and my mothers soothing voice.I saw Luca, Talon,and Ada.As I watched, I noticed that I was no longer falling.

 

My feet were planted firmly on the floor of who-knows-where.I spun around to catch every coversation and every detail of my life.A silhouette appeared in the shadows in front of me and I took a hesitant step back.My mother emerged from the darkness and I breathed a sigh of relief.

 

"Mom! What in the hell are you doing here?"

 

"Oh I just came to visit my favorite and only daughter." She laughed.

 

As my mom stepped closer into the light I saw that she had regained her former beauty.My mother had a beauty that could not be copied and at times it seemed almost unearthly.

 

"This isn't possible your dead!" I reasoned.

 

"Yes.Yes I am.This is your subconscious sweetie and I came to talk some sense into you.Do you honesly think you can die when you have so many people counting on you? I remember when you were a little girl you always said that you wanted to do something good in this world and now you have the chance." My mother said.

 

I had missed this part of her so much so I took the only opportunity I would ever have and I ran into her arms.It was so real.She was flesh and warm.I felt so much like her little girl again that I cried.

 

"I made so many mistakes with you Zhara, all because of my own deep sadness.I really loved your father and to be honest I was surprised I became pregnant.I had never really raised children before and I was at a loss on what to do with you.But the reason why I came here is because I need to tell you something."

 

My mother stepped back and my eyes bugged out of my head.In front of me stood my mother with large beautiful red wings and the features of an Acaiden.

 

"Your..you..but." I was at a complete loss for words.

 

"I am Tildana." She answered.

 

The name rung a bell in my head but I couldn't place it.

 

"Tildana?" I breathed out.

 

And then it hit me like a ton of bricks.

 

"Your Rayons sister!" I exclaimed.

 

"Your one of the sisters that broke the rules.You mated with dad." I gasped.

 

"No and yes.He was not the man I first mated with but I had become so accustomed to being in the human world that I mated many times over.Your dad was the last mate I ever truly loved."

 

"So I'm not your first born?" I asked.

 

"No.You are my second child.The first son I had in the beginning of the story you read, died a long time ago in the first war."

 

There was so much information to process that my head grew dizzy.I had a brother that died thousands of years ago!

 

"What really happened to dad?" I questioned.

 

"He was murdered by a rogue.It was a Furie that had an obsession with me." She explained sadly.

 

God my life was becoming more and more of a confused mess with each passing day.

 

"Why are you telling me this now?" I growled.

 

I was pissed! My mom and dad had been living this secret life and now here I was in the middle of it.

 

"Because you are so much more connected to the Furie line than any Acaiden and you are so much stronger than you will ever know.I also am telling you because we both are making sacrifices for the Acaiden race."

 

"What do you mean, we are both making sacrifices?"

 

"When you die in the Furie race our powers leave our body and are passed onto our family.I gave mine to Rayon and I have asked her to pass them on to you."

 

"That's the gift." I breathed out.

 

"These powers would make you almost fully Furie." My mom explained.

 

"I know it's alot to take in but you were always so strong and independent.I know that you can handle this." She encouraged.

 

"So what do I do now?" I was so lost in this world.

 

"You wake up and you fight.I love you Zhara." My mom said, before the shadows swallowed her once more.

 

"Come on Zhara wake up." I heard a voice yell.

 

I took in a deep breath that filled me from my head to my toes.

 

"Oh thank god.Your Alive."

 

I looked up to see Luca and Talon standing over me.

 

"Talon? When in the hell did you get here?" I questioned.

 

"I figured out that you guys left to find Mikael so I followed you guys here." He stated simply.

 

"Where's Tera?" I said as I sat up.

 

We were still in front of the body of water where I summoned Rayon.She was no longer there but I knew that she was watching.

 

"She's in Acadia with Rina.She tried to come but I wanted her to be safe." Talon answered.

 

"No! She's not safe!" I got up quickly from the ground and headed back to camp.

 

"How is she not safe Zhara?" Talon asked worriedly.

 

I stopped and turned and realized he was as clueless as ever.

 

"Rina is behind all of this! She's a Furie!" I said.

 

"Wait..Rina? Are you sure?" Talon queried.

 

"Yes! I've known ever since that meeting that you guys had." I stated.

 

Luca ran his hands through his hair and began commenced walking back to our camp out site.

 

"We need to get going.Sun rise is in fourty minutes so we really need to get going." Luca said.

 

"Ok but I need you to do something for me." I announced.

 

"What?" Talon questioned.

 

"Teach me how to shift."

 

"Shift? You can't be serious.I know Rayon somehow gave you the ability to shift your face two times but you have to be mated to actually shift." Talon explained.

 

"Listen my mom is Tildana.Its a long story but I am Furie."

 

"Your mom is Tildana? The strongest of the three sisters?" Luca said with disbelief.

 

"Like I said..long story."

 

"Ok if what you say is true then your first full shift is gonna hurt like hell." Luca spoke up.

 

"That's fine but it would be easier if we all can fly there."

 

"Okay so close your eyes and focus on why your shifting.Use that as your anchor and let your body do the rest." Luca walked me through the steps.

 

I did as he said but at first nothing happened.I closed my eyes again and brought Mikaels face to the front of my mind and immediately a wave of pain hit me.My face shifted first and I knew that pain so I embraced it.The next thing to shift was my legs and arms.They broke themselves and then grew longer.It hurt like hell and I cried out in pain.My back began to break and realign itself.In seconds I was on the ground panting but I knew that the transformation was complete.As I shakenly got to my feet I heard Luca and Talon gasp.

 

"What?" My voice sounded different even to my own ears.

 

"You are definitely more Furie then Acaiden." Talon said.

 

"What's different?" I questioned.

 

"Well to start..your wings.They're red." Talon commented.

 

"The only known Furie to have red wings was Tildana." Luca added.

 

I turned and looked at the huge wings spread behind me and I saw that they were a blood red.A shade lighter than my moms.They began to flap in the wind and soon I was taking off towards the sky.It was an amazing feeling.As if I had waited my whole life to take flight.In seconds Luca and Talon flew beside me.My wings were about a foot longer then theirs and I had three red markings on my body instead of black.When we caught sight of the cliff we landed in the surrounding trees and walked the rest of the way.It was extremely quiet and I knew that the rogue location had to be underground.It was extremely painful to fold my wings back into place but luckily I did it without crying out.Luca and Talon did the same.

 

When we reached the tree line there was still no activity so with luck they hadn't seen us.The sun would rise in five minutes and I became worried that maybe it was to late.As I thought this..there was movement on top of the cliff and Luca signaled for us to spread out.Rogues began to move out onto the cliff and behind them they were dragging someone with a sack over their head.I instantly knew that it had to be Mikael.Before I could get a signal from Luca on what to do he sprung from the trees and up the cliff.Talon did the same and I knew that they had already planned what to do without me.They both reached the cliff at the same time and I called upon my mother and her powers to help me through this.Fights ensued on the cliff and I pushed my wings out of my back once more.

 

I could clearly see that there were at least ten very strong rogues on the cliff and Mikael was laying on his side, long forgotten by the rogues. Luca and Talon were holding there own but not for very long.I built up the courage and the power and took to the sky.With one easy swoop I landed on the cliff and felt the power of an ancient Furie flow through me.The cliff looked exactly as I remembered it.With my sais in hand I strode toward the fight.Two rogues turned to face me and instantly they froze.I knew what they saw.A green eyed Tildana stood in the rays of the sun and she looked very pissed.

 

"Tildana?" One of the rogues spoke.His eyes seemed to light up and I wondered if this was the rogue that was obsessed with my mother.

 

"No I'm her daughter." I growled before I attacked.

 

It was easy to take him down and soon all of the rogues had stopped to see the daughter of Tildana.

 

"You are Furie yet you kill your own kind!" A white haired rogue ground out.

 

"I'm not your kind.I was born and raised human." I growled back.

 

The rogue looked pissed by my comment and glared me down.

 

"She was so easy to kill.She had become so humanized that she forgot to use her powers daily so she became weak.I laughed joyously as she fought so feebly."The white haired rogue laughed.

 

This only feuled my fire and I could feel an even greater power build in me.

 

Incinerate his ass. My mothers voice growled, and I did just that.

 

I raised my hand and instantly the marking on my arm glowed. I watched as fire flew from hands and incinerated the sharp-tongued rogue.

 

"Pay backs a bitch." I whispered.

 

The body of the rogue turned to dust and the fighting around us stopped and another red symbol formed on my thigh.I looked up to see that everyone was watching me in all my glory.The remaining five rogues did the smart thing and took to the air.I walked over to take the sack off of Mikaels head and checked for his pulse.He was barely breathing from the torture that they had inflicted and I became angry all over again.

 

I turned to Luca and Talon and growled. "Follow them to where there going and then kill them."

 

They both nodded and took to the air.It was just Mikael and I left there.

 

Fire wasn't my only